COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — An investigation is underway after three young children and more than 30 pets were rescued from "deplorable conditions" in a Commerce City home, the police department announced Thursday morning .

Officers with the Commerce City Police Department were called to the home, which is along the 10200 block of E. 113th Avenue, after one of the residents, Demetrio Urbina, 38, attempted an unlicensed veterinary procedure on a dog that ended up dying, police said.

He lived at the house with his 32-year-old wife Araceli Urbina, their three children and dozens of pets, including mostly dogs and puppies, but also cats and guinea pigs, police said. The dogs and puppies were mostly contained in small cages in their garage.

Police served a search warrant on Wednesday and remove

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